Expires:200801300430;Remove:200801300430;275745
FPUS73 KLOT 300324
NOWLOT
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
923 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

ILZ003-004-008-010>012-019>021-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-LMZ761-
300430-
BENTON-BOONE-DE KALB-FORD-GRUNDY-IROQUOIS-JASPER-KANE-KENDALL-
LA SALLE-LAKE MICHIGAN MAFOR-LEE-LIVINGSTON-NEWTON-OGLE-
WINNEBAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BELVIDERE...DE KALB...DIXON...
FOWLER...GIBSON CITY...LA SALLE...MOROCCO...MORRIS...OREGON...
PONTIAC...RENSSELAER...ROCKFORD...WATSEKA...YORKVILLE
923 PM CST (1023 PM EST) TUE JAN 29 2008
.NOW...
AS OF 920 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SNOW COVERAGE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION WITH THE TRAILING EDGE OF SNOW EXITING THE
ROCKFORD REGION.  THIS TRAILING LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD THROUGH
MUCH OF LEE AND OGLE COUNTIES. TRAVEL HAS BECOME RATHER DIFFICULT
ACROSS THE REGION AS A RESULT OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WEST
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WHICH ARE GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.  ALL
TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS ROADWAYS
HAVE BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ADDITIONALLY...AS A RESULT OF
VERY STRONG WINDS...VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN GREATLY REDUCED...
INCREASING THE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.
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